Baldersby, North Riding

Description
Baldersby, a township and a village forming with Rainton a parish in the N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale and on thb Leeds and Thirsk railway, 5 miles NE of Ripon. It has a station on the railway, and a sub-post office. Acreage, 1830; population, 285. Viscountess Downe is lady of the manor and principal landowner. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £500 with residence. Patroness, Viscountess Downe. The church is in the Decorated style, and was erected at the expense of the late Viscount Downe about 1857. Baldersby Park, about 3 miles from the village, is the seat of the Viscountess Downe. The ecclesiastical parish of Baldersby comprises the three villages of Baldersby, Baldersby St James, and Rainton. Population, 640.